cga2000 wrote: > I have an old laptop with a 3Com nic/modem combo PC card that works > fine with 2.4 kernels. > > $ cardctl ident > > Socket 0: > product info: "3Com", "Megahertz 3CCFEM556", "LAN + 56k Modem", "" > manfid: 0x0101, 0x0556 > function: 0 (multifunction) > > Recent distros that I have tried to install and a few live CD's are > unable to detect the presence of an ethernet card on this laptop > even after I load the 3c564_cs module manually. > > Since I have tried at least a dozen of the above and keep running into > the same problem, my guess is that support for this model has been > dropped from pcmcia with recent 2.6 kernels. > > Is anyone aware of a workaround for this problem -- even if it means > buying a different pc card -- or does this mean that I need to purchase > a new laptop with a regular PCI NIC..?
I cannot help you with your current 3Com card; however, I do have a solution that is a lot cheaper than a new laptop. Roughly one year ago, I needed to upgrade a 10 Mbs PCMCIA card to 100 Mbs. After some research on suitable cards with Linux drivers, I settled on the Uniden PCN300 card, which sells for $20 - 25. It uses the in-kernel 8139too driver and has worked just fine for me. Larry _______________________________________________ Linux PCMCIA reimplementation list http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-pcmcia
